Investment Property Partners “Property Knowledge” zone is our information and resource area developed specifically for property investors, property developers, wealth managers, and finance and investment professionals.
Our property knowledge zone brings together a comprehensive series of helpful property investment guides, articles and other resources written specifically for the real estate and property investment community. Additionally, our property investment specialists have also developed a comprehensive series of insightful, hands-on property training courses and practical workshops covering key aspects of property investment, property management and real estate development.
The specialist subjects covered in our knowledge zone include construction and property development; property finance, asset valuation and tax; issues affecting landlords and day-to-day property management; property investment, legal issues associated with the ownership of real property assets, regulatory compliance, and free online property investment calculators and more.
Financial leverage as a technique is a very powerful financial tool that many successful real estate and property investors use to great effect in their investment dealings. Financial leverage is a term that you will hear regularly whilst actively investing in property. So, what exactly does it mean, how does it work, and how can property investors use it to their advantage?
Across the UK self build mortgages are growing in popularity all the time as the trend for self build homes increases the demand for this type of specialist financial product. Building your next home from the ground-up is something that many of us dream of doing and it is becoming more and more popular as people look at new ways of getting their dream home, in the location that they want, and fast.
It is pretty obvious why self build homes are proving to be the way forward for many people… they offer a number of attractive benefits in that building it yourself allows you to design a home that is both aesthetically attractive and functional for your own circumstances and, more importantly can potentially save you plenty of money.
If you are considering investing in overseas property or simply searching for a holiday home abroad then buying property in Bulgaria is certainly worthy of further consideration. Bulgaria is situated in the south eastern part of Europe and is a member of the European Union. It is bordered by the Black Sea to the east which offers some great coastal resorts, Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north.
Investment Property Partners overseas property buyers guide covers a number of important issues that you will need to consider if you are considering buying property in Bulgaria either as an investment or as a holiday home abroad.
If you are considering investing in property, be it commercial property, residential buy to let property, property for redevelopment or even overseas property then getting good professional advice and support from trained property law specialists and expert conveyancing solicitors will certainly make the process far easier, and help protect your interests for the longer term.
Property investment is a complicated area, and one in which the advice of professional advisors is often invaluable if you are to avoid making serious and costly mistakes.
If you are a property owner or landlord of a large house or residential property that is let to multiple tenants then you may find that you need a formal HMO licence to do so. If the property has three or more storeys and five or more tenants who form more than one “family household” then the property is considered to be a House in Multiple Occupation or HMO and as such you must ensure that you have a valid HMO licence in place.
Periodic tenancy agreements are something of an unknown quantity for many landlords and property investors. Talk to most buy-to-let landlords about residential tenancy agreements and they will automatically think in terms of contracts between landlords and tenants which define a set period – usually six months, or a year… a fixed term, in other words. And, within the current buy-to-let arena that is the most common scenario. There is however, another form of tenancy agreement which is not as well known, and that is referred to as a periodic tenancy.
If you are a property investor or existing landlord considering purchasing a buy to let property it is more than likely that you will need a specialist type of property loan known as a buy-to-let mortgage. Buy to let mortgages are not the same as those mortgages designed for home-owners often referred to as residential or home owner mortgages. These two mortgage products are different in a number of ways and you should know how they differ.
It is very important that property investors, landlords and property owners understand the differences between freehold property, leasehold property and commonhold property and what these differences mean for them and the value of their investments.
The terms freehold, leasehold and commonhold describe the three common forms of property ownership that exist in England and Wales. In Scotland, Scottish law has its own version of freehold property which is known as “feuhold”, and while there are some leasehold properties north of the border it is much less common than in England and Wales.
As well as maintaining the building fabric and other health and safety issues associated with Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), and meeting any relevant regulatory compliance standards, landlords of multi-occupancy properties also have a duty to manage their tenants, tenancy agreements, rent deposits, rent collection etc. In this respect HMO landlords are no different to landlords who own and manage smaller, single occupancy buy-to-let residential properties.
Typically there is an obligation placed on the landlord or property owner to provide their tenants with a comfortable and well maintained property, as well as being on hand should anything go wrong with the house or flat in question.
Investing in property, property development, building and construction are all complicated activities, and ones in which the advice of experienced professionals, including quantity surveyors is often invaluable if you are to avoid making serious and costly mistakes.
There are a range of professional advisors covering many different specialist property, planning, and construction, legal and financial subjects that any aspiring investor or property developer should be aware of, even if you choose not to call on their expertise.
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